CJ Boiss

4 hours ago, RichMan said:

Vaccine or no vaccine, you can still get sick, you can still transmit.The only real difference is how sick you get and then again, it can still vary per case and per individual.

It seems that most of the vaccinated crowd think that being inoculated stops the virus in its tracks, period. That is not so. Some common sense prevention still needs to be taken like washing hands, wearing masks and keeping your distance if sick or have an immune compromising condition.

Whether you are vaccinated or not, everyone's choice is personal and should be respected. We don't need extremists on either sides. 

And taking into account my first paragraph, to see our governments impose a "privilege/VIP" like statue (Quebec and soon possibly Canada) with vaccination inner-provincial passports and allowing large crowd gatherings ONLY if you are vaccinated is illogical and an oxymoron in itself.   

Being vaccinated makes you less likely to transmit to another person if you get infected; the period of time you're contagious is much shorter, and the viral load you carry while contagious is lower.

Common sense prevention should still be taken, but if everyone got vaccinated and no other measures were taken then the R0 would still drop below zero and COVID would eventually burn out.

Deciding what to have for dinner is a personal choice. Choosing to not get vaccinated, when you are able to, is very likely to kill or seriously injure someone, if not immediately then down the line. It's not comparable.

Restricting the sorts of public activities a person is allowed to engage in, when they refuse to uphold their social responsibilities, is perfectly acceptable. Human society has been doing exactly that since the dawn of time.

I have a simple drawstring bag that holds my towel and body wash.

Saskatoon is a pretty nice city. Kinda revolves around the university. Both my folks grew up there, and I've still got some family in the area.

1 minute ago, MangoRhinehart said:

I played the first dragon age. I got into mass effect for a bit but lost interest after a while.

They're both really excellent stories; if RPGs are your thing, they're definitely worth a second look.

Mass Effect and Dragon Age have got to be my favourite game series. Harebrained Schemes Shadowrun trilogy is very nearly third place.

1 hour ago, Lucky Pucker said:

I’m not a gamer. Never really have been, though I did buy a PS3 about 8-10 years ago to play NHL 13 - which itself was because of the nostalgia of having played the very first NHL 93 as a kid. My son played NHL 17 or something at a friend’s house recently, and caught the bug though.

So what would be a good option for a console that you could play any of the recent NHL games on? I don’t want the very latest or anything, but I’m really out of my depth here. 
Cheers!

You've got two console options for NHL games: PlayStation, and XBox. In terms of "bang for your buck" you get *far* more out of an XBox with a Game Pass subscription. $9.99USD per month, and you have access to Microsoft's entire game catalogue. If you don't care about PlayStation exclusive titles, there's not much reason to get a PlayStation.

23 minutes ago, seagoal said:

I never geek out or get excited about skates but these are badass and sexy as hell.  Malcolm Subban's new wheels

 

Is that a rigid or semi-rigid Lundy loop? Doesn't look like the usual fabric tab.

22 minutes ago, seagoal said:

Yep.  His time lapse videos are so good.  I assume you saw the Price cyborg time lapse recently?

Yeah, it's amazing the amount of work he put into it.

3 minutes ago, seagoal said:

That guy does some great airbrush videos.  I watched so many recently. 

Skulls look so good with Calgary colors and the flames.  Excited to see this when it's done.  Kipper had some good ones back in the day and this looks to be even better.

Given what he did with Price's cyborg mask, there could be some really interesting choices in this one.

Early look at Markstrom's new lid.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CSuKyuln1rF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Throwing a poke check before or as he receives the puck would be ideal, I suppose; deny him possession in the first place.

Like coop said though, if you make the first move you'll probably get beat, so keeping your feet and reacting to his moves as he makes them is key.

Moving to the left would be a terrible idea; it takes your body away from the puck and gives him an easy backhand to your right side if you do that.

Adjusting *slightly* to your right would make you more square to the puck and take away some of his options, forcing him to try and stuff the puck under your pads or go around to your left side. The important thing here is keeping your feet, so that if he tries to fake you're not caught sliding away from the puck.

Given how close to the net he is, and how comfortable you are playing inside your crease, backing up a little bit wouldn't be the worst idea. It would give you a bit more time to see what he's doing, so you're less likely to bite on a fake, but obviously it opens up more of the net to a shot. (not much, given how close he is to you, but some)

23 minutes ago, seagoal said:

@bildeer not mine, but check out this iceberg variation set.  Pretty sweet looking gear.

Looks like Coors branding.

3 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

It's mostly because we all agree that spending money on player gear is dumb.

Save that cash for the good stuff.

Skates are the one piece of player gear you shouldn't skimp on. Everything else is personal preference.

The Bauer S36 is less mid-range, more econo-beginner range. And yeah, it might be lighter, but it's also going to be extremely soft.

I'd hang on to the CCMs, unless your replacements move up into the $400-500 range. (in which case, take a look at True's new non-custom player skates)

With how accurate and fast shooters are these days, even average ones, I don't think we see a return to sub-6' goaltenders. Much smaller than that and you have to come too far out of the net to take away the top while butterflied, and any goalie who tried to play stand-up would get absolutely lit.

1 hour ago, Felix said:

Would you two like to share a picture or some pictures with pants on ice? You can send me PM.

Lucky for you, my brother took some pictures of me a few weeks ago.

The first two images (3034/3057) should give you a look at the inside of my leg when I'm in a half-fly, the third and sixth images (3064/3106) should show how the pant sits on my trailing leg when I'm crouched off the post, and the fourth and five images show the pants when I'm down in a butterfly.

(originals are quite hi-res, ~15MB each. If you want an original to zoom in for a closer look, I can zip and email them to you)

23 minutes ago, Felix said:

For me as a athletic and like to slide much goalie what would I prefer? I can't try out pants because I live too far to a city or hockey store. I am (181 cm) now wearing reebok 9k large pants very low and loose, untucked, no suspenders, flap out chesty.

I'm about your height, wearing a Warrior X2 Senior, size Large; I wear mine fairly high, about as tight as I can, no suspenders with an untucked chesty. They're great pants for a mobile goalie, and the inner belt is excellent if you don't wear suspenders; I've never felt like they interfered with my movements or interacted poorly with my pads.

No experience with Bauer goalie pants.

7 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

It doesn't look like you'll get your wish on the calf nylon buckle, but I gotta ask, is that something that has happened to you?

I've been in some good scrambles and that velcro has held on tight and I've never been worried about it coming loose.

Huh? You've been able to strap the nylon buckle down to your calf since at least the G3s, and you can see the Kunlun Redstar goalie above did exactly that.

The manager of the practice facility would likely make more; that would probably be a salaried position in the range of 40K, with some kind of benefits package. Everyone else would be be hourly workers making around minimum wage ($13.50 in Washington state).

I'd guess 20-30K for a full-time position at a practice facility.

7 hours ago, MangoRhinehart said:

I actually love the warrior trapper, its up there with Vortek for how it feels. I will admit it does feel a little weird at first with the velcro palm.

That being said, I sold both my sets of warrior gear to get a set of Passau Starke (on sale and I was bored with a tax return) and a pads of JRZ with warrior gloves. 

I really liked the gear. The pads were a bit too short for where I would like them which the Passau pointed out to me, so Id have to go full custom.

I've played with a G3 and GT, and I definitely prefer the feel of the GT.

6 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Oh most likely, I'm sure there are a plethora of reasons. Though all the pros are wrong.

Wrist straps made sense when your catcher was as long as your forearm, and held parallel to your body; you needed the leverage from another contact point to keep the glove stable when catching pucks. But it's definitely a vestigial structure for modern goaltending.

27 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

It's one thing I have been curious as to why it hasn't been replicated, or at least offered at custom. I'm sure many of these companies have had prototypes but didn't think it was worth it.

Maybe something about the wrist strap that goalies at the pro level love? If the big guys are designing around the wants of pro goalies, virtually all of whom use wrist straps, it might be something they haven't even considered moving away from.

17 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

I hope they do as well, though Warrior doesn't exactly kill it with the options when ordering custom gear.

Regardless, I'm sure if they don't I'd still deal with it anyways. That lack of wrist strap just has every other catcher beat.

I'm sure there are other gear manufacturers who can do a strapping system without a wrist strap if you got something custom, right? With the way modern goalies are expected to hold their hands forward it's ridiculous that Warrior is the only one that's removed the wrist strap as a stock option.

18 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

GT line won't be coming back. They've already skipped over when it would have come out, between G5 and G6. And with talking with a Warrior ambassador, he confirmed that after a game.

Then I really do hope they give us palm options on the G# catchers going forward. I love how open the wrist area is on Warrior catchers, but I don't really like how sloppy the velcro liners feel on my hand.